have all (one's) buttons
have all (one's) buttons
To be mentally sound or stable. Now that I've gotten a good night's sleep, I'm starting to feel like I have all my buttons again. Grandma still has all her buttons in spite of her other health problems.
See also: all, button, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
have all one's buttons
Also, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles , meaning "become (or be) mentally deficient."
See also: all, button, have
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- have all one's buttons
- have all (one's) marbles
- have all marbles
- have all one’s marbles
- have got all (one's) marbles
- evening of life
- enshrine in heart
- enshrine
- enshrine (someone or something) in (one's) heart
- enshrine (someone's) memory in (one's) heart